Types Of Rocks, etc.

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Total cards: 13•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

Igneous classification

Back (Answer)

Felsic, Mafic, ultramafic

Front (Question)

How does an igneous rock form

Back (Answer)

Crystallization of magma and pyro clastic material

Front (Question)

Intrusive

Back (Answer)

Solidification of magma within the crust at various levels

Front (Question)

Extrusive

Back (Answer)

Lava/magma extruded into the surface as lava flows

Front (Question)

8 most abundant elements in the earths crust

Back (Answer)

Oxygen, silicon, magnesium, aluminum, calcium, iron, sodium, potassium

Front (Question)

What’s a sediment

Back (Answer)

Fragments of pre-existing rocks/minerals

Front (Question)

Clastic vs. non clastic

Back (Answer)

Clastic: fragments of pre-existing rock Non-clastic: forms from chemical reactions or organic remains

Front (Question)

3 types of sedimentary rocks

Back (Answer)

Clastic, chemical, and organic

Front (Question)

Three types of bedding

Back (Answer)

Bedding, cross bedding, graded bedding

#10

Front (Question)

Metamorphic rock textures

Back (Answer)

Foliated and non foliated Foliated: sort of swirly Non foliated: platy or sheet like

#11

Front (Question)

What is necessary to undergo metamorphism

Back (Answer)

Heat and pressure

#12

Front (Question)

Which type of rock can become a metamorphic rock

Back (Answer)

Any rock can

#13

Front (Question)

When the rocks are heated what happens

Back (Answer)

The minerals in the rocks undergo chemical change